Green Ink: Climate Hijinks and Another Book from Al Gore

Crude oil futures slipped to about $77 ahead of an expected increase in U.S. oil inventories, Bloomberg reports.

The real energy revolution, writes Dan Yergin in the WSJ, is natural gas. Specifically, the shale-gas explosion that has changed the energy game for the U.S.—and maybe the world.

More hijinks in the Senate. Republicans warn Sen. Barbara Boxer not to ignore their boycott, because unilateral Democratic action could “severely damage” the prospects of passing a climate bill, in the WSJ and the WaPo.

Sen. Boxer’s decision to proceed with the markup of climate legislation despite GOP opposition means she’s yanked back any olive branch she may have tendered this time around. “She’s poisoned the waters,” a Democratic aide tells Politico.